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Aviation News Releases Magazine – Thursday, December 23, 2010

December 23, 2010 — aviationnewsrelease

WASHINGTON — International Space Station residents Scott Kelly, Catherine Coleman and Paolo Nespoli will speak to elementary, middle and high school students from the greater Cleveland metropolitan area
on Tuesday, Dec. 28. The event will be held at the Great Lakes Science Center, located at 601Erieside Ave. in Cleveland….

WASHINGTON — International Space Station residents Scott Kelly,Catherine Coleman and Paolo Nespoli will speak to elementary, middleand high school students from the greater Cleveland metropolitan areaon Tuesday, Dec. 28. The event will be held at the Great LakesScience Center, located at 601Erieside Ave. in Cleveland.Station astronauts will make the long-distance phone call from11:30-11:50 a.m….

EVERETT, Wash., Dec. 22, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Air New Zealand welcomed the airline’s first 777-300ER (extended range) at a ceremony today at Paine Field in Everett, Wash. Air New Zealand ordered the first of five 777-300ERs in August 2007 to complement the eight Boeing 777-200ERs already in its long-haul fleet. The airline intends to use the first three airplanes to…

By Michael Fabey Congress wants the U.S. Navy to submit a report by March 31 to show how the service plans to incorporate its ship-based ballistic missile defense requirements with its force structure needs, according to the recently passed defense authorization legislation. The report should include …

By Adrian Schofield adrian_schofield@aviationweek.com Qantas now has five Airbus A380s back in service as grounded aircraft are cleared and new deliveries arrive, and it expects to have seven flying by the end of January. The carrier is gradually returning its six A380s to service after they were grounded for inspections due to the uncontained…

By Andrew Compart American Airlines pulled its inventory from Orbitz and its corporate travel solution Orbitz for Business Dec. 21 after a circuit court judge’s ruling cleared the way, giving American at least a temporary victory in the escalating battle over how its inventory is distributed. But the legal battle is not over. Travelport,…

By Frank Jackman frank_jackman@aviationweek.comWASHINGTON FAA is proposing more than $600,000 in fines against Continental Airlines and American Eagle Airlines for allegedly operating aircraft that were not in compliance with the Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) as a result of mechanics failing to follow proper procedures, Each carrier has 30 days…

By Andy NativiGenoa Most nations have marines—amphibious assault forces that act as first responders when governments project power. Theater commanders will say the benefits of a mobile force of marines, operating with naval support and dedicated air and ground assets, cannot be overstated, especially in an era of asymmetric warfare and littoral …

By Guy NorrisLos Angeles Scaled Composites hopes to achieve one additional glide test of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo (SS2) by year-end and says that even if bad weather prevents the attempt, the program is already ahead of schedule following a trouble-free initial unpowered flight on Oct. 10. “Testing has been going quite a bit better…

By Graham Warwick Six months after contract award, elements of Northrop Grumman’s long-endurance multi-intelligence vehicle (LEMV) hybrid airship are coming together. The persistent-surveillance LEMV is designed to have an endurance when operating unmanned for 21 days at 20,000 ft. carrying a 2,500-lb. payload of sensors and communications…

By Bill Garvey william_garvey@aviationweek.com The first FAA-conforming HondaJet flew for the first time yesterday from the Honda Aircraft Co. facility at Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, N.C. During the 51-minute flight aircraft’s flight characteristics and performance were analyzed and systems checks were conducted. “This is a…

By Mark Carreau HOUSTON — NASA will aim for a Jan. 26 Flight Readiness Review to formally assess the troubleshooting of small cracks in a pair of stringers on the external tank (ET) of the shuttle Discovery and a possible launch of the STS-133 mission during a window lasting Feb. 3-10. Discovery’s mission, the final flight of NASA’s senior…